Shirt.



G. W. T. DAVIES.

SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED my 14. 1908.

Patentsd Jan. 25, 1910.

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CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

Patented Jan. 25, 19-14 the skirt thereof; either in shirts of theordi-- j nary type or in those of the coat type, 3

so that the bosom may be held smoothly but comfortably in place byattachment. to a l l l l nether garment of the wearer without uncvcstrain on either of the garn'ients.

It consists, preterably, of a vertically ar ranged series of openings orbutton-holes m the skirt portion, below the bosom, substantially asshown in the accom 'ianying draw? ing, in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation of an ordinary type of bosoined shirt with my i111- provementapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a like outside both of said iiaps; andavailable for tastening between the placket of the trousers; theopenings in the reinforced skirt-edges being arranged in horizontalpairs, as clearly illustrated, though vertically sewn button holes mightperhaps be used with great. advantage. When it is preferred to war thedivided shirt inside the drawers, the outer overlapping edge of theskirt may be engaged with the nearest button of the drawersplacket, asshown in Fig. 4, and the other tlap of the drawers buttoned over it, themore securely locking it.

I am aware that shirts have been to vided with tabs depending from the ottom of the bosom portion provided with a plurality of openings in whichmay be se cured one of the buttons of the drawers; but suchconstructions are imsatisfactory in that they do not necessarily holdthe drawers at a point closely adjacent to their point of attachment tothe shirt, the intervening View of a coat shirt having my improvementapplied thereto; Fig. 3 is a partial. front View of the shirt-skirt anddrawers showin the application of my invention when the shirt is wornoutside the drawers,

and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the cooperation of the drawers witha coat shirt worn inside the same.

In the drawing, 1 represents a reinforcing piece applied to the innersurface of the shirt skirt, through which piece and the skirt are aseries of openings 9, so located that one of said openings can always beat tached to the nearest, preferably the topmost, button of the placketof the drawers, when the shirt. 1s worn outside; as preterred by manywearers.

When the shirt front is divided thronghout its length, as shown in Fig.9, it may i be still worn outside, with each of the'then overlappingsides oi. the skirt attached to the nearest drawcrs-button as in Fig. 3;or the edges of the skirt may be alternated With the flaps of thedrawers-plackct; one side being fastened between, and the other spacebeing liable to rack up micon'ifortably, and are never available tosecure the garments together when the shirt-skirt is worn outside thedrawers. This latter arrangement of the garment is, to many wearers,prcl'crable For the reason that it prevents the wrinkling and bunchingof the garments in an unconilortable ridge about the person; while atthe same time. with my in'iprovement, the drawers may be securelysupported wilhoul 'the use ol suspenders and side tapes, and thegarments alwayshcld in the correct relation without undue strain uponeither. l'ndcr the word shirt I include the upper garment ol' pajamasand undcrshirts of any kind. The expression belowthe bosom does notnecessarily imply that the garment should be specifically provided witha "boson1 but is med rather to define that portion thereof where theupper edge of a ncthcr garment, the drawers for instance, usually ends.

i use closely consecutive openings in carrying out my present invention,as distinguished from the ordinary button hole used for 'l'astei'iingthe shirt together and which are spaced too "far apart in ordinary usefor the purpose of cooperating, within a limited space, with a fasteningmember in the upper portion of a nether garment.

What I claim is:

lfA shirt, comprising a skirt having a plurality of vertically aiinedbutton-holes therein whereby the shirt may be attached and adjusted to anether garment'as set I tenth,

f g- A shirt comprising a bosom, and a skirt having a, reinforcedportion, said re- CHARLES W. T. DAVIES.

i Witnesses: i

g ELLEN TUDOR DAVIES, 1 T. J. LEONARD.

